DMC4SE Nero/Dante NG Devil Hunter Speedrun Notes

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DMC4SE Dante/Nero NG Devil Hunter Speedrun Notes
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***IMPORTANT***
The game can and will crash and/or Blue Screen if you Alt + Tab out or if you simply make another software the active window during the time between the score screen and the next mission menu.

CS = Charge Shot
DT = Devil Trigger
DRI = Distorted Real Impact

TS = Trickster
SM = Sword Master
RG = Royal Guard
GS = Gunslinger


The higher the Exceed level, the higher the dmg on Buster
Mash Buster when grabbing regular enemies, Exceed button when grabbing bosses
Mash gun during DT Buster for swords


Camera aggro
-Enemies only attack if they are visible on screen. Use the camera to manipulate their behavior.


Despawn softlock - https://clips.twitch.tv/SmoothBitterPizzaBigBrother
The Savior is glitching! - https://clips.twitch.tv/PopularBloodySnakeOSfrog
Camera aggro working as intended - https://clips.twitch.tv/VivaciousPlumpElkOSsloth


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Mission 1
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-Run at Dante, Buster him 3 times
-No dmg bonus

Proud Souls total: 291


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Mission 2
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-Buy Charge Shot 1 and Speed (200) *******

-Fights 1&2: Buster and CS the Scarecrows OR Exceed x2, Buster, Exceed
-Fight 3: Same but with Snatch
-Hit wheel 6 times to activate it
-Pull lever

BOSS: Berial
-Run in front of him, EX-Act spam his legs until he spins, then his face until he gets staggered
-Buster him at around 65% HP and continue EX-Act spam before he gets up and Buster again
-Get Exceed and stay away from explosion, finish him with EX-Act spam
-Get the Red Orbs and run to the end
-No dmg bonus

Proud Souls total: 1922
Red Orbs: 6790


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Mission 3
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-Buy Charge Shot 2&3 and Calibur? (1650) *******

-Fight 1: Buster and CS the Frosts OR Buster and CS(3)
-Enter castle and go through left door
-Go through left corridor door
-CS and Red Queen Combo 1 Scarecrows, pile them next to CS'd ones
-Walljump to the stairs
-Do Torture Chamber skip
-Get Orbs from the left column and go through left door
-Run all the way around and get the Holy Water from right column
-Activate wheel (3 aerial hits, 1 grounded and Buster)
-Go through right door
-Fight 2: CS and Combo 1/Buster Scarecrows, go through door
-Fight 3: CS Bianco Angelos from the back, Exceed for gauge
-Get Anima Mercury
-No dmg bonus

Proud Souls total: 2874
Red Orbs: 3776


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Mission 4
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-Buy Roulette Spin, Streak, Split and Snatch 2 (2350) *******

-Activate Gyro from the front and break the door (Buster, Combo 1, Buster)
-Fight 1: Kill enemies with Gyro
-Activate Gyro in Grand Hall and break coffin, go through right door
-Activate right Gyro and free the third Gyro with it
-Activate the captive Gyro and bring it to the platforms
-Go through door to Dining Room
-Fight 2: CS and Combo 1 Angelos
-Activate Gyro and break the fire cannon
-Go through right door
-Activate Gyro and kill the enemies with it
-Activate wheel (Roulette Spin, hit, Split, hit)
-Activate Gyro and bring it to the platforms

BOSS: Bael
-Combo and CS the ice sluts, dodge chomp
-Calibur, Roulette Spin, Combo 1 until stun
-CS the open mouth, combo, CS
-Get Red Orbs
-No dmg bonus

Proud Souls total: 6652
Red Orbs: 9828


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Mission 5
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-Buy Snatch 2&3 (2600) *******

-Fight 1: Buster Mephistos and CS
-Go through door and activate wheel (Roulette Spin, 1-2, Buster)
-Get HW by doing aerial and CS when going down
-Fight 2: Repeat Fight 1
-Get Wing Talisman, Split on the superjump platforms
-Fight 3: CS and Combo 1 Scarecrows, Snatch/Buster Mephistos and CS
-Jump on chandelier, hit it
-Run underground to the end

Proud Souls total: 2933
Red Orbs: 3000


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Mission 6
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-Go down the shaft
-Fight 1: Run forward until they're close by and CS, Split the Cutlasses
-Diceroom: 2 (after 4), 2 (instant), 6, 1, 6

BOSS: A fucking window
-Throw the Gladius at it, avoid electrified floor

-Activate wheel
-Run up
-Fight 2: CS 1st Angelo, DT Buster the rest
-Fight 3: Kill them
-Go up
-Go to the left of Pope painting
-Run to the jungle

Proud Souls total: 6783
Red Orbs: 5800


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Mission 7
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-Buy Air Hike, Trigger Heart and 3 Purple Orbs *******

-Get HW from left cliff
-CS far-off Scarecrow, DT Buster the other 2
-Roulette Spin, Air Hike to get to wheel, activate
-On 4th platform Calibur and Air Hike to skip them
-Run through the jungle

BOSS: Echidna
-CS and Calibur over and DT spam Combo 1
-Air Hike, Calibur on top of her, Combo 1 and Split
-DT Buster her and spam Exceed at 30% HP

Proud Souls:
Red Orbs:


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Mission 8
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Swap Snatches for Trigger Heart if necessary, buy Showdown *******
-Run through the jungle
-Fight 1: CS, Combo 1 and Buster

BOSS: Credo
-DT from a distance, Showdown
-Buster the spear, CS, Streak to him, Buster
-Showdown after spear throws, shoot swords, CS, Showdown
-CS, Combo 1 in the air, CS, Buster

Proud Souls: 2399
Red Orbs: 6900


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Mission 9
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-Swap Roulette Spin and Showdown for Exceed 2&3 and MAX-Act *******

-Fight 1: CS Biancos, High Roller and aerial DT Buster Alto
-Touch red post
-Fight 2: Same as 1
-Get Key of Chronus and use it

-Get Orbs from cache
-Activate wheel (1, Calibur, Split, 1)
-Board elevator
-Fight 3: CS, Combo 1 and Buster
-Use Chronus
-Fight 4
-Use Chronus
-Fight 5

BOSS: Agnus
-CS, avoid hits
-DT, Calibur and spam Combo 1, break blades
-Spam blades in DT

HOW TO GRAB HIS SWORD?

Proud Souls: 6699
Red Orbs: 8402


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Mission 10
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-Buy Snatch 2, Trigger Heart *******

-Fight 1: Mephistos
-Chronus
-Wheel
-Chronus
-Run across the bridge
-Chronus
-Mephisto
-Chronus
-Place Wing Talisman
-Angelos
-White Orb on the right middle pole

BOSS: Dante
-Air Snatch him and Buster with DT, spam swords

Proud Souls: 10068
Red Orbs: 6444


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Mission 11
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-Buy Exceed 2&3 and Max-ACT *******

-Do M11 skip (Max-ACT High Roller, Roulette Spin, Air Hike, Roulette Spin, Calibur)

-Activate elevator
-Grab Scarecrow
-Run and Snatch the balls
-Activate wheel
-Snatch yourself up
-Fight 1: CS Angelos and Combo spam
-Go left and up the elevator
-Buy 1 Purple Orb & 2 HWs

BOSS: Pope
SkyeVeran
-Break the shield
-CS, High Roller, Combo 1, Air Hike, Combo 1, Snatch, Combo 1, CS, Snatch, Buster
-Spam gun during it

Yudhveer
-CS, Snatch, Showdown
-Combo 1, CS, Snatch, Buster


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Mission 12
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-Buy Stinger 2, Coyote 1, Trickster 4, Swordmaster 4, Gunslinger 1, Royalguard 1, Trigger Heart, Speed, Get More Orbs, Air Hike *******

-Fight 1: Use HW
-Get Wing Talisman, Stinger slide
-Do M12 skip (Stinger slide, Air Hike, DT Skystar x2 if you don't think you'll make it)

-Fight 2: Shoot Mephistos cloaks, whiff Prop Shredder and do the longer one with DT
-Get Key of Chronus
-Go up and parry lasers

-Fight 3: DT Release on left Angelo, Stinger spam
-Get Devil Star S from left corner
-Bait and deflect the Angelo ball with Prop Shredder
-Run to the end


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Mission 13
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-Go through 2 red smokes
-Go down and go through another
-Stinger slide down
-Fight 1: Stinger spam with DT, go through smoke
-Fight 2: Activate fight, Stinger spam enemies into corners, go forward
-Go through smoke
-Up, down, right, right

BOSS: Echidna
-HW, aerials, get on top of her
-DT Prop Shredder, avoid hair
-Use Devil Star S
-Stinger to the end


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Mission 14
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-Fight 1: Charge Drive
-Fight 2: Distorted Straight on Mephistos, DRI Faust
-Fight 3: Helm Breaker, Charged Straight, Helm Breaker, Stinger the Assaults (is HW faster?)
-Fight 4: Shotgun or Stinger the Chimeras, aerial combo or Drive, Stinger spam
Run to the end


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Mission 15
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-Buy Enemy Step and 1 HW *******
-Run to the left
-Fight 1: HW the Blitz, shoot with GS
-Fight 2: Real Impact the Angelos, Prop Shredder the ball
-Get Orb Ore
-Fight 3: DRI the Mega Scarecrows, Straight the rest
-Fight 4: Real Impact the Frosts
-Fight 5: Straight 2 Scarecrows, HW when Blitz appears, GS finish

BOSS: Bael
-Stun him with Gilgamesh JCs, DRI, JC

-Helm Breaker down the shaft


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Mission 16
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-Buy 2 HWs *******

-Fight 1: HW
-Fight 2: Shotgun Gladiuses, TS movement, Real Impact Angelos
-Go up the stairs
-Fight 3: Real Impact Angelos
-Fight 4: Real Impact Angelos
-Helm Breaker on platforms while going up
-Escape the castle
-Fight 5: HW the Basilisks

BOSS: Berial
-Stun with Gilgamesh JCs, DRI

-Run to the end


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Mission 17
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-Buy Pin-Up, Hatred, Revenge, Gunslinger 3 *******

-Fight 1: Straight Scarecrows, deflect Angelo ball with Lucifer rose throw or Real Impact
-Fight 2: Spam Pin-Up, Straight
-Get Orb Ore
-Fight 3: Kill 3 Scarecrows, HW, Stinger spam the Basilisks
-Fight 4: Kill 1 Mephisto, HW when Angelos spawn, DRI Faust

BOSS: Agnus
-Pin-Up x3, DRI, Pin-Up spam

SWAP TO GUNSLINGER AND PANDORA *******


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Mission 18
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-Buy Royalguard 4 *******

-Phase 1:
DT Pandora laser x2

-Phase 2:
Go right and Pandora 2
Right and Pandora 2
Left and Pandora 1
Left, up and Pandora 2, DT Pandora laser
Left, right and DT Pandora laser

Phase 3:
Right, avoid hand attacks and run up the arm, Pandora aerial rockets x2

Phase 4:
Royalguard Dreadnaught on the edge, spam Rain Storm x5
Go right, Pandora laser
Pin-Up x3, Charge Straight x2 and Distort it, DRI (deactivate DT when Dante leans back)


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Mission 19
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-Buy 2 HWs, 1 Small Devil Star, Snatch 2&3, Maximum Bet

-Diceroom: 4
-HW on Angelos
-Diceroom: 6
-Berial: CS, Maximum Bet, Combo 1
-Diceroom: 4
-Bael:
-Diceroom: 4 (Snatch immediately)
-Echidna:
-Diceroom 6 (3rd turn)
-Agnus:
-Streak through the door

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Mission 20
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-Buy 1 Devil Star, 1 HW

-Break the guard, CS, Showdown, Snatch, Buster
-Lv3 Calibur, Devil Star L, HW, Showdown, Snatch, Buster

-Buster both hands and the head


Holy Waters
-M3 Grand Hall
-M4 Pit
-M7 Cliff


m2 - speed, chargeshot, split
m3 - chargeshot 3 (we think that's impossible to get both cs3 and calibur, but maybe with decent strat it's still possible)
m4 - split, streak
m5 - snatch 2(3)
m6 - air hike
m7 - streak 2, roulette spin
m8 - trigger heart
m9 - exceed 2
m10 - exceed 3
m11 -  if you didn't bought exceed 3 - be sure you will do it now, otherwise you'll lose ~1 minute.
m12 - trickster lvl 4, stinger lvl 2, trigger heart, air hike , speed, gunslinger lvl 3,
m13 - m18 - sword master lvl4 (if you won't have it on m18 ur run is over), flush, pin-up.
m19 - get all stuff that you've been using earlier + showdown and maximum bet